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Searching for clean water in Somalia
“The main problem in Somalia is gastrointestinal diseases, (like) diarrhea, parasites, giardia, and hepatitis. The public system doesn’t provide safe water,” said Mohamed Hassan, a Public Health...
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Somalia: Survival and triplets in the midst of famine
Oxfam's partner SAACID treats malnourished children in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.“My son Ahmed has been sick for five months, but he became very weak in the last month. I really don’t know exactly...
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Call on the UK Government to sign the Charter to End Extreme Hunger
Over the last few months campaigners in the UK have been contacting their Members of Parliament (MPs) asking them to show support for the Charter to End Extreme Hunger. A petition signed by 15,000...
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Somalia is much more than just terrorism and piracy
On 23 February heads of state, officials and Ban Ki-moon will meet in London to discuss the security threats posed by Somalia and the future of its Government.
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The London Somalia Conference: In whose interests?
Today in London, 40 governments from around the world, the UN, African Union and others will gather to discuss Somalia. According to the UK, the London Somalia Conference will chart “a new...
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A woman inspires in Somalia
When it comes to the role of women in society, the East African country of Somalia receives a great deal of negative attention. Given that the country has suffered from years of conflict, and is...
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One year on from the Horn of Africa food crisis, much progress and many lessons
It is a year now since the world woke up to what has been called the worst food crisis in the 21st century. The footage of Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya was truly awful, and the conditions people were...
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Breaking the cycle of crisis in Somalia
It is one year since the UN declared Somalia as being in “famine”. But despite the cameras moving elsewhere the emergency is far from over – right now over a quarter of the country’s population are...
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Peace through youth sports in Somalia
Hawa Aden Mohamed, the founder and director of an Oxfam's partner organization in Somalia, the Galkayo Education Center, which this blog post - initially pubslihed in August 2012- is about, has won the...
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"Mama Hawa", a symbol of hope for Somali displaced people
From Geneva’s prestigious “Bâtiment des Forces motrices”, where the 2012 Nansen Refugee Award ceremony was organized yesterday evening, it was quite hard to imagine the extremely difficult...
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Flooding in Beletweyne, Somalia claims lives
Flooding from the overflowing Shabelle River left more than 10 people dead in the town of Beletweyne at the end of September. Other reports put the death toll as high as 55, with many still missing....
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Pregnant women and children facing hard time in Somalia
Following last year’s food crisis in Somalia which affected millions of people, the humanitarian situation in the country has largely fallen off the news agenda.
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Mobile phones help tackle cholera in inaccessible parts of Somalia
In Somalia, one of the most difficult and dangerous places for aid agencies to work, the conflict has left many communities hard to reach. Mobile phones offer an innovative way of educating such...
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Somalia 2013 Conference: "You can’t wash your face using only one finger"
Last week the UN revealed for the first time that more than a quarter of a million people died in Somalia over 18 months from October 2010-April 2012. These figures are shockingly high especially when...
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Voices from Africa: the African Union at 50
I recently spent three days in Africa’s capital, Addis Ababa, the seat of the African Union. During this time, there was a flurry of activity in the margins of the AU summit but I found my own space to...
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Somali campaigners call for Barclays back-pedal
I was on my bike very early this morning to join a group of Somali campaigners who are calling on Barclays to keep open the cash lifeline to Somalia.
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Keeping the Somalia lifeline open: fragile progress
Each year, Somali migrants around the world send approximately $1.3 billion home to family and friends in Somalia. An estimated 40 percent of the population in Somalia depend on these remittances. This...
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Preventing a crisis in Somalia becoming a catastrophe
New emergencies seem to hit the world on a monthly basis. Right now we are grappling with situations in the DRC, South Sudan, Sudan, Central African Republic and Syria to name just a few. Having worked...
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Football promotes hygiene changes in Somalia
Sports can be used as a tool for change to address social issues, including water and sanitation issues.
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World needs to get off the bench and get in the game on resolving conflict in...
As famous footballers from across the globe are competing for the World Cup in Brazil, millions of fans from Africa are among the 3.2 billion tuning in to watch the competition. Football-enthused...
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